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Table 1 Data collection, respondents and tools

From: Strengthening routine immunization in Papua New Guinea: a cross-sectional provincial assessment of front-line services

Study subjects

Number

Details

Tools

Primary health care staff

6

Health Extension Officer or Specialised Nursing Officer

Semi-structured interviews (mix of quantitative and qualitative fields)

6

Nursing officers

6

Community Health Worker (CHW)

Family members

67

Caregivers of infants being vaccinated, 66 female 1 male

Focus group discussion (10 groups)

Health clinics and their operations

9

Child or family health clinic, static

Audit of infrastructure and equipment against PNG standards as described in national EPI plan [11].

Observation of general clinic procedures (12 sites)

Observation using WHO Immunization Session Checklist (11 sessions)

Observation of patient flow and staff-patient interactions (15 patients)

3

Mobile child health clinics (run by staff from the above sites)